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Preserving our
Heritage!
Flags Across Florida - Our Dream
In the late 1990s, in response to the continued
removal of Southern Heritage
symbols from public places, men of the Florida Division of the Sons
of
Confederate Veterans, proposed the installation and display of
several large Confederate
Flags as a living memorial to the Confederate Cause and to those men
and women
who served the Confederate nation.
These installations were to be situated at prominent sites near
interstate highways
coming into and throughout Florida.
They would serve
(a) as a welcome from the SCV to residents and visitors of our
beloved State
(b) as a daily reminder of the sacrifices of the Southern people and
the Cause that our
mission compels us to vindicate.
Several Florida Division
Camps have erected flag poles along major highways in this
State and the impact has been noted Internationally and has spurred
public
discussion about the valour of our gallant Confederate Ancestors and
their
beloved symbols.
The Tampa site is the largest (139’) and most prominent site to
date.
When the site is complete it will include 16 tons of granite,
containing 28 memorial markers (bronze plaques), in a peaceful park
setting with a courtyard and parking.
The first site was the Havana site (north of Tallahassee) on US
Highway 27 (60’),
followed by the White Springs site on Interstate 75 north of interstate 10
– (100’).
See the Site Plan for the Tampa Site

A project of the
Florida Division Sons of Confederate Veterans
(local
contact Gen. Jubal Early Camp #556)

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